Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Delano, Minnesota. Visitation will be held on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. and continue from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday all at the church. Interment will be in the West Sveadahl cemetery in Sveadahl, Minnesota. Arrangements by the Iten Funeral Home in Delano, Minnesota.

Mildred Louise Peterson, daughter of Mary and Roy Hotchkiss was born March 1, 1926 at her home in Alexandria, Indiana. She died on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, Minnesota. Mildred attended grade school at Alexandria and moved with her family to St. James the fall of 1936. She finished grade school at St. Paul’s Lutheran School and attended St. James High School. For 22 years Mildred worked at several places of business in St. James. She married Harold Peterson on November 17, 1946 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in St. James. After which they lived and farmed in Nelson Township, Minnesota. Mildred was baptized at her home in Alexandria, Indiana and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in St. James, Minnesota. Mildred was an active member of West Sveadahl Lutheran Church, serving in the church choir and teaching Sunday school. Mildred enjoyed being with family and friends, flowers, gardening and fishing.